Sadid X’għandek bżonn: 4 msiemer tal-ħadid 4 tazzi tal-plastik jew tal-ħġieġ Sandpaper Ġirasol (sunflower)/Ħaxix/ Żejt taż-żebbuġa Ilma Melħ Marker permanenti Kuċċarina Pinzetta Ejja nesperimentaw flimkien: Immarka l-4 tazzi b’marker permanenti bil-kliem ARJA, ŻEJT, ILMA TAL-VIT u ILMA BIL-MELĦ rispettivament. Uża biċċa sandpaper biex tnaddaf l-imsiemer sakemm il-wiċċ jidher ileqq. Żid musmar ma’ kull kontenitur […]
X’għandek bżonn: Trej Tazza vojta jew flixkun tal-plastik żgħir vojt Kuċċarina 3% aqua ossiġinata Sapun Ħmira Kulur tal-ikel (Agħażel kulur li tippreferi) Superviżjoni minn adult hija rakkommandata speċjalment meta tferra l-aqua ossiġinata Ejja nesperimentaw flimkien: Poġġi t-tazza l-vojta jew il-flixkun tal-plastik vojt fuq it-trej. Żid 3% aqua ossiġinata bil-mod fit-tazza jew fil-flixkun. […]
Segwejthom l-invenzjonijiet tal-imgħoddi li kienet qed titgħallem dwarhom Ġina? Illum tista’ tingħaqad mat-tim u tesperimenta mill-kumdità ta’ darek biex tkompli tiskopri dwar l-invenzjoni tal-mutur. Din l-invenzjoni, bħal ħafna oħrajn, iffurmat id-dinja li aħna nafu u ngħixu fiha, b’mod partikolari għinet lil bnedmin jilħqu postijiet li ma setgħux jilħqu qabel. Illum il-ġurnata din l-invenzjoni ssibha f’kull […]
L-ewwel immaġini anaglifi nħolqu fis-seklu dsatax. L-arti anaglifa tikkonsisti fi stampa b’żewġ tpinġijiet superimposti u kemxejn kuntrasti. Il-kuluri ta’ dawn l-istampi jkunu kuntrastanti u ġeneralment jintużaw il-kulur aħmar u dak cyan (li hu tip ta’ blu). Dan joħloq effett tridimensjonali meta wieħed iħares lejn l-istampa min-nuċċali li jkollu filtri ta’ kulur li jaqblu ma’ tal-istampa. […]
Thaumatropes huma ġugarelli ottiċi popolari tas-seklu dsatax. Huma jaħdmu billi jużaw il-kunċett ta’ persistenza tal-viżjoni. It-thaumatropes kienu jippovdu divertiment animat sakemm ġie żviluppat iċ-ċinema modern. Aqbad kartuna b’forma ċirkulari. Agħmlilha toqba fuq iż-żewġ naħat opposti taċ-ċirku. Daħħal lasktu ġo waħda mit-toqob u agħmel għoqda billi tgħaddiha fiha nnifisha. Agħmel l-istess fit-tieni toqba bil-lasktu l-oħra. […]
Tixtieq toħloq magna bħal ta’ Ġina u Katrina? Jekk qed issegwu l-episodji l-ġodda tat-tieni staġun ta’ Ġina u l-Esploraturi kull nhar ta’ Erbgħa fit-15.10 fuq TVM, fis-seba’ u t-tmien episodju Ġina u Katrina tkellmu dwar ix-xogħol siewi ta’ inġinier. Flimkien ħolqu wkoll magana tar-riċiklaġġ. Għandek problema li tixtieq issolvi? Tixtieq toħloq magna bħal tagħhom? […]
Ippruvajtu toħolqu appart biex tkejlu x-xita l-ġimgħa l-oħra? Din il-ġimgħa Des se jurikom kif tagħmlu tromba tal-ilma. Iċċekkjaw il-metodu tiegħu hawn isfel u ppruvawha intom ukoll. X’għandek bżonn 2 fliexken tal-ilma tal-plastik vojta bit-tapp Hot glue (jew tip ieħor ta’ gloj b’saħħtu) Driller biex ittaqqab Ilma Food colouring (jekk trid) Superviżjoni ta’ Adult […]
Fl-istaġun il-ġdid ta’ Ġina u l-Esploraturi, Des huwa Esploratur ġdid li se jkun qed jgħinkom tesploraw ix-xjenza, it-temp u kull ħaġa li tagħmel din id-dinja tagħna fenomenali! Fit-tielet Episodju Des se jkun qed joħloq strument biex ikejjel ix-xita. Iċċekkjaw l-istruzzjonijiet ta’ hawn isfel u ppruvaw għamluha anke intom id-dar! X’għandek bżonn Flixkun kbir tal-ilma […]
Ippruvajtuha r-riċetta li tawna Ġina u Katrina l-ġimgħa l-oħra? Tixtiequ tippruvaw oħra? Iċċekjaw l-ingredjenti ta’ hawnhekk. Ġelat bil-Melħ Għandek bżonn 200ml ħalib sħiħ (whole milk) 60ml krema friska Mgħarfa zokkor Kuċċarina u nofs essenza tal-vanilla ¼ cup melħ oħxon Silġ 2 boroż tal-plastik (resealable): waħda kbira u oħra żgħira Metodu Itfa’ l-ħalib, krema […]
Fl-Esplora ninsabu ħerqanin biex nippreżentawlkom it-tieni staġun ta’ Ġina u l-Esploraturi, programm għat-tfal li se jixxandar fuq TVM kull nhar ta’ Erbgħa fit-3.10 pm. Il-programm se jibda mis-6 t’April 2022. Fl-ewwel episodju ta’ dan l-istaġun il-ġdid se niltaqgħu ma’ Esploratur ġdid – Katrina li se tiddiskuti x-Xjenza fil-Kċina flimkien ma’ Ġina. Tridu tippruvaw riċetta […]
This time last year, we had only ever heard of COVID-19 from news articles all the way in China. Who would have known that only a few months later, we too would be the victims of this virus and would be watching the entire world go into lockdown? It’s safe to say that all of […]
If you had to go stargazing on the night of the 21st December, you’d be able to see something similar to what helped the Three Wise Men travel to Bethlehem. It’s not a shining star but actually two planets passing by really closely to each other when seen from Earth. This is called […]
Coding Unplugged: Explore coding without using a device! Since Esplora is participating in European Code Week 2020, we thought it would be fitting to celebrate the theme of coding throughout the whole month of October by offering a few coding and technology-related activities at the science centre, and coding-related activities online as well! In today’s […]
The sun’s shining, the sand is warm beneath your feet and the temperature is soaring. You decide to take a dip in the sea to cool off from the scorching heat. As you’re swimming and enjoying the cool ripples you suddenly hear a scream: Jellyfish! Jellyfish; Brainless, Bloodless, Boneless, Squishy but incredibly Beautiful. Over the […]
Did my body do that? Our bodies are fascinating machines, which work in both interesting and, at times weird ways. Do you want to know why our body sometimes produces burps, and why we occasionally get goosebumps all over our body? You cover your mouth with your hand, but it’s too late. Where did that […]
Malta is an island surrounded by sea, but because of our steep cliffs some parts of the sea are difficult to reach from land. We do have a number of very beautiful beaches frequently visited by locals and tourists alike. These beaches can be rocky or sandy but they both offer beautiful places where we […]
Humans are extraordinary! They have evolved from knowing nothing into knowing quite a lot. First discovering the properties of fire to using fire to launch a space craft into space. However, humans can also do things that are not so great. Things like cutting down billions of trees to produce commercial products and disposing of […]
How a flick of a switch can help protect our health and our environment. One of the greatest inventions of all time. It guides us and helps keeps us safe. We cannot imagine our lives without it. However, its pollution is creating health problems, it is causing wildlife to change its behaviour, it is negatively […]
From food scraps to plant We have previously seen how we can grow a plant from seeds that you can easily find at home. We hope that your plants are doing well and that you’re watering them regularly. We would love to see your progress! Share photos of your plants on facebook or Instagram with […]
Make your own water filtration device. Ever been on a hiking trip and ran out of fresh water to drink? What do you do? You turn to natural water from a spring or a river (if you are not in Malta). The water can look dirty due to the presence of soil, dirt, and other […]
The World in Colours – Science through Art Activity 1: Create your Own! Celebrate your child’s creativity and invite them to draw their own unique animal. Children are naturally born artists and inventors so encourage them to draw from their imagination. To help them along ask them: What type of animal are you drawing? Is […]
Scientists are great at observing things that sometimes go unnoticed. Shadows are sometimes forgotten and not something we pay too much attention to. Shadows have played an important role in helping humans tell time using sundials over the years. They might also have inspired the first scientists that realised that light moves in straight lines. […]
Make your own sheets of paper using recycled paper Have you ever wondered where paper comes from and how it is produced? Paper comes from trees and one tree produces around 8000 sheets of paper. Despite the technological advances, people still use a lot of paper every day. Recycling a 1000Kg of paper will eventually […]
Seeing The World Through Different Eyes How and what do animals see? We may think that animals see the same things we do, and in the same way, but the world is more amazing than that. According to Tom Cronin, a biologist from the University of Maryland who specialises in animal vision, it is impossible […]
A seed is a small structure produced by the plant, that has the potential to grow into a new plant under the right conditions. The seed is made up of three important parts: an embryo, a seed coating and food storage. The seed coating protects the embryo from damage. When the seed finds the right […]
Esplora has got you covered with these set of experiments for a Home Lab project. Some of them might be slightly messy but it’s fun and educational. All you need to do is to gather some basic kitchen equipment and simple ingredients and you’re good to go! You might need the help of an adult […]
Insects make up around 75% of all the animals that we know about on this planet. Scientists have documented more than a million different kinds of what we call species of insects from all around the world. Some think that there might be up to another 10 million different species for us to discover. Check […]
Problem-solving | Creativity | Communication | Teamwork Did you know? The ‘Chain Reaction’ is a hands-on activity inspired by Rube Goldberg’s cartoons. Rube Goldberg was an American inventor best known for his cartoon inventions, which illustrated how you can complete an extremely simple task using the most complicated way imaginable. He never actually built the […]
Weekly Nerve system New technology is being developed for visually impaired persons by the scientists of Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Italy. It skips around the eyeball and transfers messages in the brain so they could see visions of light of the real world. This new technology […]
Weekly Life Form: The Origins of Complex Life In 2010, a group of scientists ran DNA analysis on a sediment core that was taken from the floor of the Arctic Ocean. They found a previously unknown organism belonging to the strange domain of microbes called Archaea.Lokiarchaeota is the name given to their new discovery, after […]
Weekly Earths Inner Core: The hidden movements In the year 1971 and 1974, the Soviet Union organized two separate nuclear tests in northern Russia to examine and detect backscattered seismic waves. The pinging was so powerful that the signal waves bounced from the inner core and were transmitted 4,000 miles away in Montana. They were […]
Weekly Dark Energy: Mysterious Inner Force Dark Energy is a hypothetical form of energy, and it has been calculated to account for 72% of the universe. A new experiment was created to combine both atomic physics and cosmology, which has allowed us to discover many models that have enabled us to understand better the nature […]
S190814bv is the name of an event that was discovered by LIGO and Virgo at 21:11 UTC on the 14th of August.2019 Both LIGO and Virgo are large interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves predicted by the general theory of relativity. From the initial analysis, the percentage that a Black Hole and a Neutron Star […]
An introspective account from a staff member turned visitor for a day. Courtesy of Claudine Muscat Fortunately on Sunday 13th November I was able to visit Esplora with a friend of mine – it was surely a busy day at the centre! Nonetheless everyone looked energetic and focused.
Great ideas don’t sit—they splash. Breakthroughs shake the foundation of society and compel us to rethink our established practices. But revolutions rarely arrive as fully formed waves of innovation. Rather, they start as small ripples of curiosity that grow, evolve, collide, surprise and multiple as they spread around the world. This year at TEDxCERN we […]
As soon as you enter the Earth exhibition, one of the exhibits that will grab your attention is the projection globe. Here you can access varying information on a spherical globe. The information ranges from the history of the earth to the different planets in our solar system. Through hi-tech projections, you are provided with […]
The Esplora team were thrilled to show off the Esplora buildings and surrounding grounds to Malta’s US Ambassador G. Kathleen Hill.
Electricity crackles, rockets whoosh, and a flash of light captures your shadow. Every visit to Esplora, Malta’s new science centre, will be full of surprises.
Rebecca Mileham is a museum consultant and science writer based in the UK
The Science Popularisation Unit (SPU), at the Malta Council for Science and Technology, have planned and developed a world-class science centre for Malta. Esplora is inspired by the San Francisco Exploratorium, a concept by Frank Oppenheimer, which gave rise to
For a number of members in the Esplora team, this is a week of developing skills and witnessing best practice. Glasgow Science Centre’s front of house staff
This morning’s activities began a little earlier than usual on the San Salvatore Peninsula
The exhibition spaces are beginning to take shape.
It was a great week of events for children organised by……
The middle of July sees the celebration of the Kalkara festa of San Guzepp (St Joseph).
Last Friday 17th April the Esplora team took part in the Global College Malta in collaboration with MBR, Careers and Education Fair at Smart City Malta. It was exciting for Esplora to attend a careers fair
#iCanDoScience – A national camp designed to promote STEM subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and related careers among members of the Malta Girl Guides (MGG). Around 100 girls coming from various village based Girl Guide groups,
Hurrah! Esplora is now a registered trademark.
“2015 is going to be a busy year” is what the team here started with saying on return from the Christmas break…. indeed we blinked and January has flown past! The Esplora content team have been thoroughly engaged in the final design and development phase of the exhibitions that will make Esplora unique in Malta.
With the Esplora project now officially in the public eye, the team have been enjoying the positive response both from stake holders, and the general public. The interest and kind words are a good note to end 2014 on,
Thursday 4th December saw Villa Bighi’s beautiful old chapel abuzz with activity.
The Bighi peninsula is seeing a restoration…
